Sash-holder.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

D. O. HIATT. SASH HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

I No. 755,490.

UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

DAN O. HIATT, OF GREENLAWN, NEW YORK.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,490, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed December 12, 1903. Serial No. 184,982. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAN O. HIATT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenlawn, Long Island, county of Suifolk, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window-sash holders; and it consists in a device adapted to hold the sash in any position and also adapted to form an antirattler to prevent the window-sash from shaking. It is also adapted to hold a sash tight in its frame to prevent the passage of cold air in winter.

The invention will be fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a window provided with my improved sashholder. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a window, illustrating the operation of the sashholder, the casing of the holder being broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a window-frame, and 2 a window-sash. The sashholder comprises a roller 3, of rubber or other flexible material, mounted upon a. spring-arm 4. The roller and its carrying-arm are arranged within a casing which comprises a raised portion 5 for housing the roller and depressed end portions 6, having screw-holes through which the screws 7 pass, which connect the device to the windowframe. The casing is provided with inturned flanges 8 at its ends, which serve to inclose the spring and form seats for the device to rest on. The casing is also preferablyformed with a side wall 9,

. and when in operative position it thus incloses therefore U-shaped at the extremities of the casing and provided with one free arm, which carries the roller.

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The arm i has an outwardly-turned portion 10, which forms the bearing for the roller, and the roller is preferably provided with a metal bushing 11, running 011 said bearing, as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that the construction describedis very cheap, simple, and efficient. The casing is preferably stamped from sheet metal, and the spring-rod is preferably a piece of suitable wire. The rod and casing are separable; but they are so constructed that the screws which hold the casing also retain the spring-arm and roller in position.

My improved sash-holder may be made in different sizes and is adapted for use with sliding windows of all kinds, including car-win- It is also useful in connection with sliding doors of various kindssuch, for instance, as the doors of show-cases, many of which slide upward like window-sash. The device should be adjusted to the sash or door in such manner that the friction thus produced between the sash or door and its frame will be sufficient to hold it in any desired position-that is, the device is adjusted with the spring-arm 4 under considerable tension and the elastic roller under considerable compression.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

A combined antirattler and sashholder comprising a metal casing having a closed side 9 and inturned flanges 8, and screw-openings through said casing and flanges, a spring-rod arranged within the casing, said rod having U-shaped portions coincident with the screwopenings, and a spring-arm having an outwardly-turned bearing portion 10, and an elastic roller mounted on said bearing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAN O. 'HIATT.

Witnesses:

RUssELL BLAIR, GEORGE NiAHLEY. 

